Lighting-design decisions as interventions in human visual space

Flynn, John E.

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“…Flynn (1988) found the same effects for office interiors. However, for the bright and peripheral lighting, some results differed from Flynn (1988). Although he found that bright and peripheral lighting increased perceived spaciousness, the present study found that the bright lighting increased perceived spaciousness in only one square, and the peripheral lighting decreased perceived spaciousness in one square and increased it in another.…”

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“…The differences may stem from differences between the settings (private office interiors and public squares after dark) and, for peripheral lighting, differences in the form of the peripheral lighting. Similar to Flynn's (1988) offices, the peripheral mode in one square lit most of the vertical and ground surfaces around the edges, but in the other squares, which lacked such vertical surfaces, it lit the ground surface and left the space beyond the edges dark. Nevertheless, the test showed differences in response related to the mode of lighting in the simulated squares.…”

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“…interiors, Flynn (1988) found that perceived spaciousness increased with uniform, peripheral, and bright lighting, and perceived privacy increased with non-uniform, dim, and peripheral lighting. For emotional appraisals, he found that relaxing and appealing increased with peripheral and nonuniform lighting, and that relaxing increased with dim lighting, but appealing increased with bright lighting.…”

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Impressions of Lighting in Public Squares After Dark

Nasar

Bokharaei

2016

Environment and Behavior

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Lighting may affect impressions of public squares. Following studies on office interior lighting, the present research manipulated three modes of lighting-non-uniform-uniform, peripheral-overhead, and dim-brightin three virtual squares. One study had 32 participants (15 men, 17 women) judge the spaciousness and privacy of each of the 24 public squares. A second study had a different group of 30 participants (16 men, 14 women) rate the appeal, safety from crime, and excitement of each square. Study 1 found that judged spaciousness increased with uniform and bright lighting, and that privacy increased with non-uniform, dim, and peripheral lighting. Study 2 found that rated appeal increased with uniform and bright lighting, as did safety from crime and excitement. Across the two studies, the uniform and bright lighting conditions contributed most to the kinds of favorable experiences people might expect to have in public spaces after dark.

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Impressions of Lighting in Public Squares After Dark

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Bokharaei

2016

Environment and Behavior

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“…Emails: csakici@kastamonu.edu.tr; csakici@hotmail.com showed a significant difference under different lighting systems. Another study by Flynn (1992) showed that the same lighting can create identical impressions in different settings. These and similar studies were generally conducted in indoor spaces.…”

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A visual perception effect assessment of some large and broad-leaved trees under different lighting arrangements

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Var

2014

Architectural Science Review

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This experimental study concentrates on how different lighting arrangements affect visual perceptions of plant lighting. Five different lighting arrangements of three tree species were prepared; the differences between the participants' perceptions of each lighting arrangement were analysed and the effects of the different lighting arrangements were determined. Consequently, these applied lighting techniques were observed to be effective in creating visual perceptions of plants. In this particular study of plant-lighting alternatives, the objective was to determine which techniques created the most positive effects.

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“…non-uniform lighting can increase complexity and create focal points of interest (Custers et al, 2010;Flynn, 1988).…”

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Design factors in the museum visitor experience

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Over the past half-century, museums have evolved from being predominantly cultural repositories to playing an important social role as venues for educational leisure experiences. Accompanying this development has been an increased emphasis on optimising the visitor experience. The physical context of the museum has long been recognised as an important facet of the visitor experience (Falk & Dierking, 2000). However, the way that visitors perceive and respond to different types of exhibition environments on a holistic level has received relatively little research attention until recently. A key limitation in advancing research in this area has been a paucity of methods for quantifying and analysing visitor perceptions of the exhibition environment beyond simple measures of satisfaction. In order to address this gap, this thesis describes the development of a model for characterising how visitors perceive different exhibition environments -Perceived Atmosphere -and relates it to different facets of the visitor experience.As part of this study, a quantitative instrument known as the Perceived Atmosphere Instrument was piloted and refined. This allows the relationship between exhibition environment and visitor experience to be explored in greater depth. Development of Perceived Atmosphere was informed by environmental psychology, in particular environmental cognition, theories of spatial perception and the research field known as atmospherics (Kotler, 1974). Atmospherics is the study of the influence of retail environments and other service settings on customer attitudes and behaviour, and this study applied similar methods to a museum context. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected to explore and compare visitors' perceptions of different exhibition environments at the South Australian Museum, a large natural and cultural history museum located in Adelaide, Australia. Qualitative data were collected through 12 prearranged accompanied visits to the museum, while quantitative data were collected from 602 visitors to the museum who agreed to participate in the study by completing a questionnaire that incorporated the Perceived Atmosphere Instrument. In addition, a small number of participants (n = 60) were unobtrusively tracked prior to completing the survey, allowing some preliminary analysis of the relationship between Perceived Atmosphere and visitor behaviour.Factor analysis of the 30 semantic differentials that comprise the Perceived Atmosphere Instrument produced a four factor solution interpreted as Vibrancy, Spatiality, Order and Theatricality. There were statistically significant differences between galleries on three of these four dimensions. These differences were interpretable in light of each gallery's physical characteristics, but also indicate ii that a space's perceived affordances are as important as its measurable physical properties. Of the Perceived Atmosphere dimensions, Vibrancy is the strongest predictor of affective, cognitive and behavioural engagement. Spatiality is a p...

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Lighting-design decisions as interventions in human visual space

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Impressions of Lighting in Public Squares After Dark

Impressions of Lighting in Public Squares After Dark

A visual perception effect assessment of some large and broad-leaved trees under different lighting arrangements

Design factors in the museum visitor experience

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